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ALEXANDER S. .SPIEGEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PICTURE POST-CARD 0R DISPLAY DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

Applicationfiled March 15, 1909. Serial No. 483,483.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER S. SPIEGEL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture Post- Cards orDisplay Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to picture post cards or the like, and particularlyto a moving picture device combined with such cards or like carriers orenvelops.

The invention consists inthe features and combination and arrangement ofarts hereinafter described and particular y pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:Figure 1 is a view of the blank spread out; Fig. 2 is aview of the picture face of the cardor envelop; Fig. 3 is a sectionalview of the envelop; Fig. 4 is a view of a modified form of envelop or'post card; Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the form shown in Fig. 4 onthe line 4-4; Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the hinge joint between thefinger piece and the picture slide; Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view of.a modified form of the inVentiomincluding a box containing a screen anda movable picture portion.

The post card or envelop is made from pa or or card board ofsubstantially the sti ness of an ordinary post card or a little greater.It has an opening in one side as at 1, covered by a sheet of transparentmaterial having opaque lines thereon forming a screen or grating withclear spaces in between the opaque lines. It has also a picture memberon the side or leaf 2 made up of a series of sets of broken linesarranged.

to alternately appear through the clear spaces of the screen as thepicture sheet is moved in relation to the screen to thus presentdifferent ositions of the same forms or objects, and thus give themoving picture effect. In assemblin the parts, or, more properlyspeaking, w ere the envelop is made of'one piece as shown, in foldingthe sheet the leaf or side '2 is folded over upon the side carryin thescreen. The sheet has been previousy scored, however, at thelines 3, 4,5 in such relation that when the folding is done on the line 4, thescored lines 3 and 5 will not exactly register, but, on the contrary,the line 5 will lie slightly to one side or outside of the scored line 3but exactly parallel therewith. When folded, the parts are glued orcemented together along the lines 6, 7. The picture now lies back of thescreen. The edges 8 and 9 of the open side of the envelop are now foldeddown, and the remaining side 10 of the envelop is folded over theseedges and pasted to the outer faces thereof. This leaves the strip orfinger piece 11 between the scored lines above described projecting tobe grasped and worked up and down on the line 3 as the hinge or pivotalpoint,and as a result of this pivotal action and the scoring of theparts as above described, the picture carrying leaf or section will begiven a longitudinal movement in relation to the screen or grating, sothat the lines of the picture will be made -to show through the clearspaces of the screen, difierent sets of lines appearing at differenttimes according as the picture sheet is moved more or less, and thusdifferent postures of the same forms are produced-to give the movingpicture eifect.

By my present arrangement, a very fine screen or grating may beemployed, together with a fine lined picture, because the movement ofthe picture slide is controlled accurately in relation to the screen,there being no tendency for the one part to tip or get out of alinementwith the other. This effectis due to the fact that the picture slide isattached to the screen carrying member by a long hinge or pivotconnection, so that there will be no lateral displacement of the pictureand grating in relation to each other.

In Fig. 4 I show the preferred form of post card-or envelop sheet, theview representing this as spread out flat. In this form the picturecarrying side or leaf 2 is of less width than the screen carryingsection I,

and also of less length. It is connected thereto integrally by theintermediate scored parts 4' 5, the scored lines being in such relationas above described that when the parts are folded and pasted at 7', andthe finger piece thus formed is worked ivotally on the scored line 6,the leverage e ect will cause the picture section to move lengthwise inrelation to the screen, and thus roduce the moving card or envelop hasthe side or leaf 10 into grally attached to or forming an integralextensionof the side or section 1, and of equal extent therewith,excepting that it is not provided with a display opening. It is providedwith glued margins at 11 so that, in completing the formation, of thearticle picture efiect. This orm of 1 section or slide may move andbegin ed.

In both of the forms above described, the I .card or envelop is made outof a blank integral throughout, though I do not limit myself in thisrespect. Where I refer herein to a picture carrying section, I mean asection carrying a picture ,or other device thereon to be vlewed throughthe grating.

I show in Fig. 7 a form of box or display device in which the screen 8'is movable and a picture can be placed in moved therefrom. This "box hasopenings at one end through which the picture 9' may be viewed throughthe screen. The screen is moved by the scored flap 10.

I claim as my invention 1. A picture card .or envelop having a screencarrying section and a picture carrying section, with a hingedconnection between the sections whereb one may move in relation to theother while maintained by said hinge against lateral displacement,substantially as described. a

2. A picture card or envelop having a screen carrying section and apicture carrying section integrally connected together, and one movablein. relation to the other, but held against lateral displacement by thesaid connection, substantially asdcscribed.

A picture card or envelop having a display sectionand a picture carryinsection, and a flap connecting them, said flap being scored and causingmovement of the picture carrying section in relation to the displaysection when said flap is moved pivotally, substantially as described.

4. A picture card or envelop having a display section and a picturecarrying section, with a flap connecting them, said flap having scoresout of line whereby, when moved pivotally, 1t Wlll cause the picturesection to move in relation to the display section, substantially asdescribed.

5. A picture card or envelop having a dis-' is folded over, its

icture position or replay section, a picture ca'rryingsection, and meansfor movlng one in relat on to the tween said members.

6. A-picture card or envelop having a display section, and meansintegral with said sections. for moving one in relation to the other,substantially as described.

display section, a picture carrying section, and an inclosing sectionwith a pivoted portion for operating the movable portion,substantially'as described.

8. A picture card or envelop having a display section provided with anopening and a screen, a picture carrying section of less width than thedisplay section, one of said sections being movable inrelation to theother, a covering section anda pivotally at.- tached flap for operatingthe movable part of the device, substantially as described.

9. A picture card or envelop'having a display section provided with anopening and a screen, a picture carrying section attached thereto by ahinged flap integral therewith, andn third or covering section integralwith the section first mentioned, substantially as described. I

1.0. In a post card or display device, an integral sheet consisting of adisplay section having an opening with a screen or grating, and apicture carrying section attached thereto by a flap, and a coveringsection attached. to the first section on the side thereof opposite thepicture carrying section, substantially as described.

11. A display device, consisting of a screen, and a picture portion, onemovable in able flap for moving the movable portion, substantiallyasdescribed.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

YALEXANDER S. SPIEGEL.

' '4 Witnesses:

HENRY E. GooPER, A. M. TANNER.

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7. A picture card or envelop, having a relation to the other,.and apivotallymov--

